Playbill UniverseReviews: What Are Critics Saying About Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge From The Public Theater and Elevator Repair Service?
Greig Sargeant, Daphne Gaines, Ben Jalosa Williams, and more star in the Off-Broadway production directed by John Collins.
By
Logan Culwell-Block
October 03, 2022
The Public Theater and Elevator Repair Service's already-extended Off-Broadway run of Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge officially opened October 2, and the reviews are in.
The production began September 24 at the Public's Anspacher Theater. Conceived by Greig Sargeant with Elevator Repair Service and directed by John Collins, the production will continue through October 23.
Sargeant stars as James Baldwin, opposite Daphne Gaines as Lorraine Hansberry, Gavin Price as Mr. Heycock, Christopher-Rashee Stevenson as Mr. Burford, and Ben Jalosa Williams as William F. Buckley, Jr. (Stephanie Weeks will succeed Gaines as Lorraine Hansberry from October 18, and Matthew Russell will play Mr. Heycock for select performances.)
The work recreates an infamous 1965 debate between Black writer James Baldwin and staunch conservative William F. Buckley, Jr., ending with an imagined scene between Baldwin and A Raisin in the Sun (currently being revived at the Public) playwright Lorraine Hansberry, researched and written by April Matthis and Sargeant.
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The production features scenic consulting by dots, costume design by Jessica Jahn, lighting design by Alan C. Edwards, sound design by Ben Jalosa Williams, and wig design by Earon Chew Nealey. Maurina Lioce is production stage manager, and Jack Ford is stage manager.
The production is the latest collaboration between The Public and ERS, with past productions including Gatz, Arguendo, and The Sound and the Fury.
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